EPISODE

4. Three-Two-One

As the city erupts in violence over an impending jury verdict, the night shift becomes ground zero when they have to take in the man suspected of the racially-motivated shooting at the source of the unrest. His presence in the emergency room sparks sharp conversation and disagreements among the staff over the highly-charged topic and even close friends Kenny and Paul find themselves at odds. Topher does his best to control the mounting chaos in the ER while out in the field, TC makes a decision as to which of two patients to bring in, leaving Paul and Scott to question TC's motives. TV-14 D, L, V.

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Amid protests over a court case involving a white police officer who shot an African American, riots erupt causing TC and Paul to be sent to the scene to treat any wounded. They arrive to find an officer and an African American perp named Shawn both shot and in critical condition. They can only put one on the first helicopter, and TC makes a call to send the officer, angering Paul who has to try and keep Shawn alive at the scene. At the hospital, Jordan treats Officer Benedict, the policeman at the center of the court case. Kenny has already made up his mind about Benedict's guilt, while Jordan hears the man out when he says he only shot because his own life was threatened. Shannon and Drew deal with the contaminated people (after officers are forced to use tear gas ); after Drew leaves, Shannon is stuck with a 10-year-old separated from his mother. Jordan also finds a tumor in Benedict that she has to treat immediately to save his life. Drew and TC treat the officer brought back from the riot scene, but cannot save him. The bullet TC removes from the man's body, however, shows the fatal shot came from the gun of the man's partner, not Shawn's gun. Soon after, Benedict is being escorted out of the hospital when a protester on the street shoots him in the head, killing him.

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